Monday's announcement that General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre will drop the "interim" from his title and become the company's official CEO gives employees, suppliers and dealers something they haven't had from GM in a long time: stability.

A partner can give your business shelter or a storm. Yet a simple fact about business partnerships makes them enticing: Businesses with multiple owners are more likely to survive longer than sole proprietorships, says Brian Headd, an economist at the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy.

The high life for bank CEOs has officially ended. Tuesday, President Obama is expected to sign the economic stimulus bill, which could place a $500,000 limit on salaries and tight caps on how much in bonuses executives can earn if they take in government money.

All six of the law and accounting firms hired by the Treasury Department to help manage the $700 billion financial bailout have clients who received the federal money, contracting and regulatory records show.

Even in these tough economic times, many people are feeling lucky. More than half of all states with lotteries have reported rising sales over the past six months, and some researchers say financial insecurity might be driving people to risk more of their money than usual on $1 and $5 instant scratch-offs and other daily games in hopes of a big payoff.

Compared with the other two domestic automakers, Ford looks like it's already been blessed. The automaker has $18.9 billion in cash and $10.7 billion in untapped credit, which Mulally says has his company positioned to survive the market falloff. Is it luck or good planning that got Ford here?

Compared with the other two domestic automakers, Ford looks like it's already been blessed. The automaker has $18.9 billion in cash and $10.7 billion in untapped credit, which Mulally says has his company positioned to survive the market falloff. Is it luck or good planning that got Ford here?